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Some Mac users who've installed the macOS Big Sur update on their devices are claiming that the Spotlight search function no longer works as it did prior to the update.
Users are disappointed since they aren't able to rely on Spotlight to find the files, apps, documents, and other items they want to access quickly.
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Moreover, there isn't just a single problem that has ruined the user experience. Instead, there are several issues that degrade the function.
A user has listed some of the major issues that they noticed with the Spotlight search function after installing the macOS Big Sur update on their computer. We've shared a screenshot of it below:
As you can tell by the number of upvotes and comments on the user's post on Reddit, many users who installed the macOS Big Sur updates are facing similar issues and agree that Apple has messed up Spotlight.
But this is also only part of a bigger picture because some users claim that Spotlight no longer works on their Macs after the macOS Big Sur update.
According to those who are dealing with this issue, Spotlight does not return any results when searching for files, apps, documents, and other items.
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ITs been weeks since I downloaded big sur and spotlight is still not working consistently. How has apple not patched this yet? (Source)
It seems that under Big Sur spotlight no longer indexes the content of RTF files. (To verify this create one with textedit, save it, search). This must be a bug / regression right? What could be a more canonical example of spotlight usage than finding text in RTF? (Source)
Ever since I updated to Big Sur, Spotlight is working pretty bad, sometimes it brings no results and sometimes it just freezes everything, apparently it only gets back to working after a system reboot 🙁 (Source)
While the issue does not affect all macOS Big Sur users, it's clear that some are having terrible luck with getting Spotlight to function as normal.
Fortunately, there are a few workarounds that seem to have fixed most of the issues users are experiencing with the Spotlight search function.
Workarounds for macOS Big Sur Spotlight issues
1) Uninstall Little Snitch:
According to one user, the Little Snitch program might be the reason behind the Spotlight search issues for some. Therefore, uninstalling the program and reinstalling it should fix the problem.
uninstall LS completely. enjoy Spotlight working as expected. reinstall LS. enjoy Spotlight still working as expected. shake head about stupid LS bug that seems impossible to fix. (Source)
2) Give it time to index files:
Some users might be noticing the issue because Spotlight has not been able to index all the files on the computer after installing macOS Big Sur.
However, after some time, the problem automatically disappears since the system has enough time to index all the files on the Mac. Thus, you may want to give it some time for all files to be indexed.
I do not know how to reproduce this or whether it will come back, the problem came out of the blue and just vanished again. The best solution so far seems to me to just keep the machine running through the night and hope it will be done with whatever task that causes the problems by the next morning.. (Source)
3) Switch to Alfred:
It's widely accepted that Alfred is better than the default Spotlight feature on macOS and thus many users who are fed up with the broken search function on macOS Big Sur are recommending others to switch to Alfred.
Why not use Alfred? Personally, Spotlight always felt like a gimped version of Alfred to me. (Source)
At present, Apple has not acknowledged any issues reported by users when using Spotlight. The company has just rolled out the Big Sur 11.1 update, however, we didn't come across any reports of the issue being fixed.
Nonetheless, we will continue to keep an eye out for any developments on the matter and will post an update if something relevant surfaces.
In the meantime, check out our dedicated tracker to know more about the status of bugs and issues found on macOS Big Sur.
Apparently, the Spotlight search function workaround that involved uninstalling Little Snitch also addresses the issue where the Recents folder wouldn't show any content, but the search results appear when searching from within the folder.
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Developer: Double Fine Productions
Release date: 2015
Version: 2.4 + Full Game
Interface language: Russian, English
Tablet: Not required
Platform: Intel only
To bookmarksBroken Age is a point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Double Fine. Broken Age was game director Tim Schafer's first return to the genre since 1998's Grim Fandango, and was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One platforms. The game was developed in two acts; the first was released on January 28, 2014 (two weeks earlier for Kickstarter backers), and the second was released on April 28, 2015. A retail version of the complete game for Windows, OS X, and Linux, published by Nordic Games, was released on April 28, 2015. A Nintendo Switch version was released on September 13, 2018.
Broken Age began under the working title Double Fine Adventure as a Kickstarter crowd-funded project promoted by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions in February 2012. Though originally a goal of only $400,000 was set to cover the costs of development and documentary filming, Broken Age became the largest crowd-funded video game project at the time, raising over 3.45 million dollars from more than 87,000 backers within the month. It remains one of the highest-backed crowd-funded projects of any type, and its success helped to establish Kickstarter and other crowd-funding mechanisms as a viable alternative to traditional venture capital and publisher funding for niche video game titles. The game's development was chronicled by an episodic series of documentaries produced by 2 Player Productions.
Gameplay
Media Jio Game
Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure game, where the player-controlled character can be directed to move about the screen, examine objects, and talk to non-player characters to learn more about the game world. The game features two playable characters, each located in seemingly separate worlds; the player can switch from one character to the other via the game's interface at any time, but otherwise these characters do not interact in any direct way. The game employs context-sensitive actions instead of using verb lists as early adventure games would use, as Schafer stated that in essence, 'there really was always one verb, which was 'interact with' and opted for the more modern approach. Each character has separate item inventories as they collect objects; items can then be used by dragging them onto context-sensitive areas on the screen or combined with other inventory items.
Screenshots from the game Broken Age
- OS: OS X 10.6.8
- Processor: Intel Core Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Intel HD 3000, or equivalent card with at least 512 MB VRAM
- Hard Drive: 2500 MB available space
Jio The Broken Game Mac Os Catalina
Game installation:
- To mount
- Rewrite the game in Application
- Play